Time is winding down on the Holiday Fan Art Calendar contest, but it's not over yet! We're inviting players to create a piece of artwork that helps us set the tone for each month and season, using any major in-game holiday as inspiration. Here's your chance to get a piece of art in the 2011 World of Warcraft calendar, and one lucky grand prize winner will also receive a Wacom Cintiq 12WX digital input tablet (the same kind used by many of our very own Blizzard Entertainment artists) to take his or her art to the next level.

The contest ends February 8, 2010, so get into the spirit of your favorite in-game holiday and let your cup of creativity flow over! See the contest page for full details.

Taverncraft has just announced the opportunity to pre-order limited-edition signed and numbered Blood of the Horde and Alliance United Legendary Collection World of Warcraft steins. Each fine-grain stoneware stein features bas-relief sculpting, exclusive gold highlights throughout the image and handle, and an 18k gold-plated sculpted pewter lid. These steins will be limited to only 999 of each design, and are available to pre-order exclusively at http://wowsteins.com. Taverncraft's previous signed, limited-edition stein, Rise of the Lich King, sold out months ago, so don't delay in placing your pre-order.

Jan 15, 2010
New StarCraft Short Story: Mothership

We've just released a new StarCraft short story that sheds more light on one of the greatest triumphs of protoss engineering: the mothership.

After waking from a centuries-long sleep, the creator of the first protoss motherships returns to find that even in the face of a much changed galaxy, his own past is still unwilling to let go of him.

Today Steelseries, the leading manufacturer of professional gaming gear, introduced the StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty Limited Edition Zboard Keyset. The StarCraft II keyset, available at Amazon and GameStop, gives players an intuitive layout for fast reactions, one-touch macros for frequently used commands, and the ability to fully customize each key. Also available from SteelSeries are the SteelSeries QcK Limited Edition Marine mousepad and the SteelSeries QcK Limited Edition Kerrigan vs. Zeratul mousepad. Visit SteelSeries.com for more information on the StarCraft II Zboard keyset and mousepads.